Jun 25, 2024  
2012-2013 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Pharmacy Interdepartmental

  
  • PHAR 5364 - Pharmacy Psychology/Sociology Issues

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Insight into patient psychology and the consideration of social issues in pharmaceutical health care.

  
  • PHAR 5365 - Pharmacy Public Speaking

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Emphasis on the development of speaking skills required to effectively present drug and pharmacy issues to various general audiences to both inform and educate them as knowledgeable pharmaceutical consumers.

  
  • PHAR 5373 - Pharmacy Practice IV

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Integration of the scientific principles of pharmaceutics and a practical knowledge of pharmacy applied to preparation, compounding, and dispensing of medications. Drug therapy counseling of prescription and nonprescription medication.

  
  • PHAR 5374 - Pharmacy Law & Ethics

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. The study of federal and state laws, rules, and regulations, and case law which govern and control the practice of pharmacy. The course also includes the ethical implications of modern pharmacy practice.

  
  • PHAR 5375 - Anatomy

    Cr. 3. (2-1)
    Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of instructor. An indepth study of human anatomy designed to prepare the student to have a better understanding of the effect of drug products in the treatment of diseases.

  
  • PHAR 5376 - Advanced Community Pharmacy Practice

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Clinical pharmacy services and pharmaceutical care as practiced in a community pharmacy setting.

  
  • PHAR 5377 - Advanced Hospital Pharmacy Practice

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Clinical pharmacy services and pharmaceutical care as practiced in a hospital pharmacy setting.

  
  • PHAR 5378 - Specialized Patient Pharmaceutical Care

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Clinical pharmacy services and specialized needs of patients with specific disease states such as infectious disease, cancer, chronic cardiac conditions, etc.

  
  • PHAR 5379 - Specialty Compounding

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. The preparation of unique and difficult pharmaceutical preparations and formulations.

  
  • PHAR 5380 - Physical Assessment

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: PHAR 5703, Pharmacodynamics II, Anatomy, or consent of the instructor. Understanding and application of physical diagnostic examinations and gross pathological states as it relates to rational drug prescribing.

  
  • PHAR 5397 - Selected Topics in Pharmaceutical Studies

    Cr. 2-3 per semester. (2-0;3-0)
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Selection of specific topics of interest for group study. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • PHAR 5398 - Clinical Seminar

    Cr. 1-4 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
    Prerequisite: approval of dean.

    It should be noted that these courses are graded as S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) courses.
  
  • PHAR 5402 - Pharmacology I

    Cr. 4. (4-0)
    Prerequisite: PHAR 4421 , and PHAR 4401 . Study of the mechanism of action of drugs used to modulate the endocrine and autonomic nervous system, and for the treatment of diseases, including allergic disorders, asthma, and heart disease.

  
  • PHAR 5403 - Pharmacology II

    Cr. 4. (4-0)
    Prerequisite: PHAR 5402 . The mechanism of action of chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat infection and cancer and for the treatment of diseases, including anxiety, convulsions, psychosis, depression, ADHD, obesity, and degnerative diseases.

  
  • PHAR 5480 - Physical Assessment/Anatomy

    Cr. 4. (4-0)
    Prerequisite: PHAR 5703, Pharmacodynamics II, or consent of the instructor. An indepth study of human anatomy with applications to the physical diagnostic examinations and gross pathological states as they relate to rational drug prescribing.

  
  • PHAR 5493 - Introductory Community Pharmacy

    Cr. 4. (0-12)
    Second-year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. An experiential course emphasizing the distribution, dispensing and technical aspects of community pharmacy.

  
  • PHAR 5498 - Clinical Seminar

    Cr. 1-4 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
    Prerequisite: approval of dean.

    It should be noted that these courses are graded as S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) courses.
  
  • PHAR 5581 - Advanced Therapeutics I

    Cr. 5. (5-0)
    Prerequisite: PHAR 5703, Pharmacodynamics II and PHAR 5432, Pharmacokinetics. Clinical pharmacy practice and therapeutics. Requires integration and application of pharmacological and biopharmaceutical principles to the treatment of specific disease states.

  
  • PHAR 5582 - Advanced Therapeutics II

    Cr. 5. (5-0)
    Prerequisite: PHAR 5581 . Continuation of Advanced Therapeutics I. Integration and application of pharmacological and biopharmaceutical principles to the treatment of specific disease states.

  
  • PHAR 5642 - Emergency Medicine

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience where the student masters skills needed to recommend, initiate or modify therapy in the emergency room, or monitor outcomes for effectiveness and absence of adverse effects.

  
  • PHAR 5643 - Neurology

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience where the student masters skills needed to recommend, initiate or modify therapy for neurological problems, or monitor outcomes for effectiveness and absence of adverse effects.

  
  • PHAR 5644 - Ambulatory Care-MTM-Medication Therapy Management

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in collaborative practice provision of direct patient care. May be repeated up to two times.

  
  • PHAR 5645 - Pharmacy Informatics

    Cr. 6 (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in pharmacy practice that deals with the integration of information technology and its applications into the pharmaceutical practice. May be repeated up to two times.

  
  • PHAR 5660 - Pharmaceutical Industry

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an industrial pharmacy setting or with an industry medical liaison.

  
  • PHAR 5661 - Pharmacoeconomics

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a practice setting stressing pharmacoeconomic and cost-benefit issues.

  
  • PHAR 5662 - Academic Scholarship

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an academic setting dealing with course development and teaching techniques.

  
  • PHAR 5663 - Pharmacy Management

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with management issues in pharmacy administration.

  
  • PHAR 5664 - Legal & Regulatory Affairs

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a non-profit, for-profit, or governmental setting dealing with legal and regulatory issues related to pharmacy practice.

  
  • PHAR 5665 - Alternative Medicine

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in advising health-care professionals and patients in the relative effectiveness and safety of herbal and other alternative remedies for the treatment of various diseases.

  
  • PHAR 5666 - Hospice Care

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in providing pharmaceutical care for patients and support for care givers of patients with cancer or other terminal illnesses.

  
  • PHAR 5667 - Government Pharmacy

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in pharmacy practice in government facilities such as the hospitals and clinics of the Dept of Veterans Affairs and Public Health Service facilities.

  
  • PHAR 5668 - Managed Care Pharmacy

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in pharmacy practice in a managed care invironment.

  
  • PHAR 5669 - Renal Therapeutics

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in the pharmacotherapy of patients with compromised renal function.

  
  • PHAR 5670 - Community Pharmaceutical Care

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Advanced clinical pharmacy health care experience in a community pharmacy setting.

  
  • PHAR 5671 - Hospital Pharmaceutical Care

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Advanced clinical pharmacy health care experience in a hospital pharmacy setting.

  
  • PHAR 5672 - Clinical Pharmaceutical Research

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. An experiential introduction to clinical pharmaceutical research.

  
  • PHAR 5673 - Veterinary Pharmaceutical Care

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a veterinary health care setting dealing with both dispensing and clinical functions.

  
  • PHAR 5674 - Nutritional Support

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a practice setting stressing clinical and dispensing functions related to the provision of nutritional support services.

  
  • PHAR 5675 - Disease State Management

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a practice setting targeting a specific disease, its complications, and therapeutic management and outcomes.

  
  • PHAR 5676 - Cell and Gene Therapeutics

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide esperience in cell and gene therapy in patients who have diseases that can be treated with this modality.

  
  • PHAR 5677 - Pharmacokinetics

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide clinical experience in determining initial drug dosage and subsequent change based on individualized pharmacokinetic parameters for drugs with a narrow therapeutic index.

  
  • PHAR 5678 - Transplant Therapeutics

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience where the student masters the skills necessary to optimize drug therapy outcomes for patients with transplanted organs.

  
  • PHAR 5679 - Women’s Health Therapeutics

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience where the student masters the skills necessary to optimize drug therapy outcomes for obstetric/gynecology patients.

  
  • PHAR 5680 - Oncology

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an institutional setting dealing with oncology patients.

  
  • PHAR 5681 - Infectious Diseases

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an institutional setting dealing with patients with infectious diseases.

  
  • PHAR 5682 - Surgery

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an institutional setting dealing with surgery patients.

  
  • PHAR 5683 - Cardiology

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an institutional setting dealing with cardiology patients.

  
  • PHAR 5684 - Ambulatory Care-Family Medicine

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience in a family practice setting.

  
  • PHAR 5685 - Critical Care

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent. Clinical pharmacy health care experience with patients in a critical care unit.

  
  • PHAR 5686 - Psychiatry

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience with psychiatric patients.

  
  • PHAR 5687 - Nuclear Pharmacy

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience with patients undergoing nuclear pharmacy treatments.

  
  • PHAR 5688 - Home Care

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience in a home care setting.

  
  • PHAR 5689 - Consulting Pharmacy

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience with a consultant pharmacist.

  
  • PHAR 5690 - Institutional Medicine

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with internal medicine or its subspecialties.

  
  • PHAR 5691 - Drug Information

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with drug information retrieval, analysis, and subsequent recommendations.

  
  • PHAR 5692 - Advanced Hospital Pharmacy

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured experience in hospital pharmacy practice.

  
  • PHAR 5693 - Advanced Community Pharmacy

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in community and ambulatory practice stressing management, prescription dispensing functions, patient counseling, over-the-counter medication, and monitoring of patients’ response to drug therapy.

  
  • PHAR 5694 - Pediatrics

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with a pediatric population.

  
  • PHAR 5695 - Geriatrics

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with a geriatric population.

  
  • PHAR 5696 - Ambulatory Care - Primary Care

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. To provide experience in collaborative practice provision of direct patient care.

  
  • PHAR 5698 - Medicine-Special Problems

    Cr. 6. (0-18)
    Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmaceutical care experience with patients in a particular medical subspecialty category.


Physics

  
  • PHYS 5311 - Physics for High School Teachers I

    Cr. 3. (2-2)
    Prerequisite: certification in physics or physical science. May not apply toward a degree in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Kinematics and dynamics of motion in one and two dimensions, rotational motion, energy and heat.

  
  • PHYS 5312 - Physics for High School Teachers II

    Cr. 3. (2-2)
    Prerequisite: PHYS 5311 . May not apply toward a degree in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Electricity, magnetism, waves, and optics.

  
  • PHYS 5397 - Selected Topics in Physics for High School Teachers

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and certification in physics or physical science. May not be counted toward a degree in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Modern topics in atomic, nuclear, solid state, or space physics. Application of modern technology to teaching high school physics. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • PHYS 6103 - Methods of Mathematical Physics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6303 . scheduled problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6303 .

  
  • PHYS 6104 - Methods of Mathematical Physics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6304 . A scheduled problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6304 .

  
  • PHYS 6109 - Advanced Mechanics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6309 . A scheduled problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6309 .

  
  • PHYS 6111 - Advanced Mechanics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6311 . A scheduled problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6311 .

  
  • PHYS 6115 - Quantum Mechanics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6315 . A scheduled problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6315 .

  
  • PHYS 6116 - Quantum Mechanics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6316 . A scheduled problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6316 .

  
  • PHYS 6121 - Electrodynamics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6321 . A scheduled problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6321 .

  
  • PHYS 6122 - Electrodynamics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6322 . A scheduled problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6322 .

  
  • PHYS 6127 - Statistical Physics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6327 . A scheduled problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6327 .

  
  • PHYS 6150 - Computational Physics Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6350 . Problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 6350 .

  
  • PHYS 6198 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-5 per semester.
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.

  
  • PHYS 6298 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-5 per semester.
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.

  
  • PHYS 6303 - Methods of Mathematical Physics

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: MATH 3364. Complex variables, special functions, linear operators, Green functions, spectral theory, generalized functions, transform theory, boundary-value problems.

  
  • PHYS 6304 - Methods of Mathematical Physics II

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: PHYS 6303  or equivalent and concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6104 . Applications of concepts in mathematics to problems of current interest in physics and engineering. Asymptotic methods for integrals and series, singular perturbation expansions and nonlinear equations, including solutions and analysis of deterministic systems with few degrees of freedom whose dynamics are chaotic; emphasis upon approximation methods and classroom demonstrations of “deterministic chaos” via computer graphics.

  
  • PHYS 6309 - Advanced Mechanics I

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: PHYS 3309 and PHYS 4321, or consent of instructor. Corequisite:
    Concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6109 . Lagrangian dynamics of particles, Hamiltonian mechanics; classical and relativistic fields, elasticity, hydrodynamics, and physics of continuous media.

  
  • PHYS 6311 - Advanced Mechanics II: Nonlinear Dynamics

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: PHYS 6309  or consent of instructor. Corequisite:
    Concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6111 . Integrable and nonintegrable systems, canonical perturbation theory, adiabatic invariance, Lie transform, invariant tori, mappings, ergodicity, Liapunov exponent, dimension, entropy, KAM theory, renormalization and universality, Arnold diffusion, strange attractors, applications to fluid mechanics, plasma physics, celestial mechanics, and chemical dynamics.

  
  • PHYS 6315 - Quantum Mechanics

    Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites for PHYS 6315: PHYS 3315 or consent of instructor. Corequisite:
    Concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6115 . Wave mechanics, linear vector spaces, quantum dynamics, perturbation theory, scattering, spin, statistics, and symmetry.

  
  • PHYS 6316 - Quantum Mechanics

    Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites for PHYS 6315 : PHYS 3315 or consent of instructor. Corequisite:
    Concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6115 . Wave mechanics, linear vector spaces, quantum dynamics, perturbation theory, scattering, spin, statistics, and symmetry.

  
  • PHYS 6321 - Electrodynamics

    Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: PHYS 4322. Maxwell’s equations and relativity; radiation from moving charges and from macroscopic systems; classical field theory.

  
  • PHYS 6322 - Electrodynamics

    Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: PHYS 4322. Maxwell’s equations and relativity; radiation from moving charges and from macroscopic systems; classical field theory.

  
  • PHYS 6327 - Statistical Physics

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: PHYS 3327, PHYS 4322, PHYS 6315 , and PHYS 6309 ; or consent of instructor. Classical thermodynamics, development of extremum principles, stability considerations and applications to chemical and phase equilibria; Boltzmann’s H-theorem; classical and quantal Gibbs ensembles with applications.

  
  • PHYS 6340 - Research Methods in Physics

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    General safety issues in research, professional ethics, Intellectual Property issues for the physicist, an introduction to relevant computer software, familiarization with machine shop operations, and career opportunities in physics.

  
  • PHYS 6350 - Computational Physics

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Physics or consent of Chair Corequisite:
    Concurrent enrollment in PHYS 6150 . Scientific programming, numerical methods in linear algebra, eigenvalue problems, ODEs, and PDEs: data structures, data analysis, and curve fitting; variational calculations; density functional theory; band structure calculations; molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations; quantum simulations; parallel computing.

  
  • PHYS 6398 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-5 per semester.
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.

  
  • PHYS 6399 - Master’s Thesis

    Cr. 3, 6, or 9 per semester.
  
  • PHYS 6498 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-5 per semester.
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.

  
  • PHYS 6598 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-5 per semester.
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.

  
  • PHYS 6699 - Master’s Thesis

    Cr. 3, 6, or 9 per semester.
  
  • PHYS 7110 - Physics Colloquium

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair. Colloquia presented by distinguished scientists.

  
  • PHYS 7115 - Physics Laboratory Instruction

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair. General instructional techniques for undergraduate laboratories.

  
  • PHYS 7116 - Quantum Field Theory Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 7316 . Problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures of PHYS 7315 .

  
  • PHYS 7125 - Quantum Many-Body Theory Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHYS 7315 . Problem-solving and discussion course correlated with the lectures PHYS 7316 .

  
  • PHYS 7197 - Selected Topics in Physics

    Cr. 1 or 3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated with approval of chair.

  
  • PHYS 7304 - Applications of Group Theory in Physics

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: PHYS 6316  or consent of instructor. Elements of group theory, representation of groups, SU(2), SU(3), unitary symmetry, Young tableaux, particle multiplets, hadron masses, finite groups, topological theory of defects, applications to particle physics and condensed matter physics.

  
  • PHYS 7308 - Space and Atmospheric Physics

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Physics of plasmas in space; earth’s magnetosphere, planetary magnetospheres, and solar wind magnetosphere interactions.

  
  • PHYS 7309 - Gravitation and Cosmology

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: PHYS 6309  or consent of instructor. Physics in flat and curved spacetime, Einstein’s theory of general relativity, experimental tests, gravitational waves, black holes, cosmology, quantum gravity and supergravity.

 

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